Circular outer garment



(110 Model.)

T. D. BARTER. CIRCULAR OUTER GARMENT. No. 279,211. Patented June12,1883.

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THOMAS J). EARTER, oEEosTon, MASSACHUSETTS.

CIRCUL'ARVOUTER GARMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 279,211, dated June 12,1883.

Application filed Febniary 16, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS D. BARIER, of Boston, in the county ofSuifolk, State of Massachusetts, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Garments for Ladies WVear, of which the following is adescription sufficiently full, clear, and exact to enable any personskilled in the art or science to which said invention appertains to makeand use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 represents myimproved garment in use, the arm of thewearer being withdrawn from oneof the sleeves; Fig. 2, a sectional view representing one of the sleevesturned inside out and hanging from the inside of the garment, and Fig. 3a sectional view representing the same sleeve right side out and hangingfrom the outside of the garment in position for use.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the differentfigures of the drawings.

My invention relates more especially to the arms and arm-sizes of thegarment known as a circular, and it consists in a novel construction andarrangement of the parts, as here inafter fully set forth and claimed,by which a more desirable article of this character is pro dnced than isnow in ordinary use.

In garments of this character it is not always necessary to wear thesleeves; but it is desirable that they should always be conveniently athand or so attached to the garment that they may be worn wheneverrequired and housed or concealed when not in use. To provide for this isone objectof my invention, and to that end I make use of means whichwill be readily understood by all conversant with such mat ters from thefollowing explanation, the extreme simplicity of the invention renderingan elaborate description unnecessary.

In. the drawings, A represents the body of the garment, and B B thesleeves. The body is provided on either side with two arm-sizes orverticalslots, d m, arranged in parallelism with each other, the sleevesbeing sewed into the rear slot, (1, the strip a: dividing the two slots."The sleeve may, however, be secured at the arm-size by buttons, orhooks and eyes, if desired. A fly or flap, G, is provided for closingthe slot or arm-size at when the sleeve is in position for use, thisflap being secured to the body of the garment by the hooks and eyes a,as shown in Fig. 3.

\Vhen the sleeve is not in use it is turned in side out or drawn throughits own arm-size iir to the garment, the flap 0 being unhooked from theeyes a, and turned back under the flap D, and hooked to the eyes f, thisflap being large enough to cover both arnrsizes.

From the foregoing it will be seen that when the sleeve is exposed foruse, as shown in Fig. 3, the arm-size d is used, the arm-size mbeingcovered by the flap O, and-that when the sleeve is not in use and housedor concealed within the garment the arm-size m is used, the armsize (1being closed by the flap 0, as shown in Fig. 2.

It will be obvious that the sleeve B may be secured in the arm-size minstead of d, if desired, without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

Having thus explained my improvement, what I claim is 1. An improvedgarment for ladies wear, consisting of the body A, provided with thearm-sizes d m, strips 00, exterior flaps, D, adapted to cover bothofsa-id arm'sizes, and the flaps (1, arranged between said arm-sizes andadapted to cover either arnrsize, substantially as de scribed.

2. In a circular or outer garment, the flap (,1, adapted to close thearm-sizes (1m, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a circular or outer garment, the flap D, adapted to coverthearm-sizes d m, and flap (Y, substantially as specified.

' THOMAS D. BARTER.

\Vitnesses:

O. A. SHAW, L. J. WHITE.

